SEC Announces Charges Against N.Y.-Based Firm and Three Executives Accused of Siphoning Investor Money December 29, 2014 (Litigation Release No. 294) The SEC has charged VERO Capital Management, its president, general counsel, and CFO with channeling investors' money into a side venture. Robert Geiger, George Barbaresi and Steven Downey managed a pair of funds invested primarily in mortgage-backed securities at VERO Capital Management. The SEC alleges that, while in...